Road to Revolution Unit Test

Which groups were battling in the French & Indian War?

• French vs. Indians

• French vs. British

• British vs. Colonists

Who helped the French try to keep control of the Ohio Valley?

• King George III

• the Colonists

• the Native Americans

Which two countries claimed the Ohio Valley territory?

• France and Spain

• Spain and England

• France and England

When the French lost the French and Indian War, they surrendered all of their ________ claims in North America.

• land

• money

• tax

What did Ben Franklin want this image to encourage the colonies to do?

• join together against the French

• hunt snakes together

• read newspapers together

Many colonists thought that the proclamation of 1763 showed that King George III _________.

• sided with the Indians

• wanted the colonists to leave the colonies

• wished the French had won the French and Indian War

The Committees of Correspondence were formed to _______________.

• spread rumors about King George III

• share information about what the colonies were doing to resist the British

• ask for lower taxes

How did the colonists react to the Townsend Acts?

• They threw a tea party.

• They created the Stamp Act.

• They boycotted the taxed items.

Which is NOT a part of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?

• Blockade of Boston Harbor

• Closing of the Massachusetts Legislature

• Quartering Act

• Boston Tea Party

British soldiers were marching to Lexington and Concord for two reasons. First, they wanted to capture rebel leaders, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Second, they wanted to _______________________.

• destroy colonial weapons.

• collect taxes from colonists.

• start the American Revolution.